diff --git a/fs/configfs/symlink.c b/fs/configfs/symlink.c
index 89178f5d371a..7d746a10c369 100644
--- a/fs/configfs/symlink.c
+++ b/fs/configfs/symlink.c
@@ -196,11 +196,26 @@ int configfs_symlink(const struct mnt_idmap